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Open
Government Canada is born
On
March 11, 2000, a new organization Open
Government Canada had its founding convention. It will be
a new voice for freedom of information (FOI) in Canada. It hopes
to focus on FOI networking, discussion, education and advocacy that
will push for legislative changes that grant greater access to public
information and make governments more accountable and transparent.
Ad IDEM President, Brian Rogers, was among a number of speakers who
opened the conference. In his remarks, he noted the importance
of access to information laws to a democratic society. After
a day and a half of discussion on goals and the means of achieving
them, a Steering Committee was formed including key figures from the
Canadian Newspaper Association, the Canadian Association of Journalists,
the B.C. Freedom of Information and Privacy Association, Democracy
Watch, the Provincial Council of Women of Manitoba, the Humanities
and Social Sciences Federation of Canada, the Canadian Library Association,
the Ontario Community Newspaper Association, and Ad IDEM. Our
representative is Bert Bruser.
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